Several features of microwave ovens make them more useful for defrosting foods. A higher wattage microwave, 1,000 watts or above is best for most cooking tasks. A larger capacity microwave with a turntable will heat and defrost foods more evenly. And for ease of defrosting, look for microwaves that feature automatic defrost cycles with just the touch of a button.
Microwave ovens do not have a specified horsepower rating like traditional ovens or engines. The power of a microwave oven is typically measured in watts, with most household microwaves ranging from 600 to 1200 watts.
GE (General Elecric) sells the most microwave ovens. They sell approxamately 30% of all countertop ovens (the kind that is most common).
No, this microwave is not energy star approved. In fact, Energy Star does not currently approve/label ANY microwave ovens. However, most microwave ovens of the same size/wattage use comparable amounts of energy, and microwave ovens use substantially less energy than conventional ovens.
Yes, most microwave ovens use a custom processor as a timer and power level controller.
Most microwave ovens are a rectangular box of some kind, but there are a few that are shaped like cubes.
Physically yes you can. Most meat doesn't do well in the microwave for anything but defrosting since it's basically boiling the meat.
The higher the power of the microwave oven the more energy is imparted to the food being cooked and therefore, for the equivalent results to an oven of lesser power, the shorter the cooking time required. Manufactures (in the UK) give microwave ovens a letter for each power band and most recipes will tell you how ling to cook for each letter.
Microwave ovens should not be used if the door will not close tightly. Most microwave ovens will not turn on without the door locking. The door has shielding in the glass to keep stray microwaves within the oven and not going into the room or the person operating the oven.
Microwave ovens use microwave rays to cause the food particles to vibrate and so they heat up faster while ovens burn fuel or use electricity to produce heat. This heat then transfers to the food particles and heat them which takes longer as some of the heat produced is lost by radiation, conduction and convection.
The type of processor that can be found in an oven is an embedded processor. They are most commonly found in microwave ovens and are designed to use less power than non embeddd processors.
Yes it is possible, but the results are not great, most microwave ovens have 'hot spots' some parts of the cake would cook quicker than others.
There are no famous microwave oven commercials. There were a lot of commercials for microwave ovens in the 1970s, but none stood out as famous. This question probably should have asked what a commercial microwave oven is. A commercial microwave oven is a microwave oven used by restaurants and cafeterias.